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AD/SKY ARROW/2 - Engine Mount

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Requires owners/operators of Sky Arrow 650TC/TCN/TC S/TCNS aeroplanes to inspect and modify the engine mount per Iniziative Industriali Italiane Service Bulletin SB-C 01/02 because of reported crack initiation from grass operations and hard landings. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority delegate set inspection and modification deadlines and compliance steps, effective 18 December 2002. Operators pay for inspections and any modification; inspections must occur within 10 hours TIS after 18 Dec 2002, at each 100‑hour check until modified, and modification is required before further flight if cracks are found and by 31 Dec 2003.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Iniziative Industriali Italiane Sky Arrow 650 Series Aeroplanes

AD/SKY ARROW/2 Engine Mount 2/2003 DM

Applicability: All Model 650TC, 650TCN, 650TCS, and 650TCNS aircraft.

Requirement: Inspect and modify in accordance with Iniziative Industriali Italiane Service Bulletin No. SB-C 01/02, dated 15 October 2002.

Note: ENAC AD 2002-590 refers.

Comp liance: Inspect within 10 hours time in service after 18 December 2002, unless already accomplished. Thereafter at each scheduled 100 hour maintenance inspection, until the required modification is accomplished.

If cracks are detected, accomplish the modification before further flight. Modify before 31 December 2003.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 18 December 2002.

Background: The manufacturer received reports of crack initiation on the engine mount of aircraft with high operating time on grass airfields and training school aircraft affected by hard landings.

Signature of David Alan Villiers Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority

David Alan Villiers

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 12 December 2002

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 2002.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

Iniziative Industriali Italiane Sky Arrow 650 Series Aeroplanes